Election
Constituency

159. Dediapada

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-DEDIAPADA

INC 50.3%won by 1.3%JNP 49.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.4% to 1.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,988
Margin
569
1.29%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−45.1%
INC share
65.9% 50.3%
JNP share
19.5% 49.0%
Turnout